A nurse is sitting at the patient's bedside taking a nursing history. Which zone of personal space is the nurse using?

A nurse is using Jean Piaget's developmental theory to focus on cognitive development. Which area will the nurse assess in this patient?

A spouse brings the children in to visit their mother in the hospital. The nurse asks how the family is doing. The husband states, "None of her jobs are getting done, and I don't do those jobs, so the house and the kids are falling apart." How will the nurse interpret this finding?

A nurse is assessing the family unit to determine their ability to adapt to the change required of a member having surgery. Which area is the nurse monitoring?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following an appendectomy and is prescribed D, lactated Ringer's at 150 mL/hr by continuous IV infusion for 12 hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 20 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

Which action by the nurse indicates a safe and efficient use of social networks?

A nurse is measuring an infant's head circumference and height. Which area is the nurse assessing?

The parent brings a child to the clinic for a 12-month well visit. The child weighed 6 lb 2 ounces and was 21 inches long at birth. Which finding will cause the nurse to intervene?

A nurse is preforming a newborn assessment. Which assessment finding will cause the nurse to intervene immediately?

Which characteristic tends to make a nurse the best communicators with patients?

A nurse is teaching the staff about professional negligence or malpractice. Which criteria to establish negligence will the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.)